GUILTY VA - Nicole Lovell, 13, Blacksburg, 27 January 2016 #7 Accused Pleads "No Contest"

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Court is back in session.


Dominick Mastrangelo‏
@DomMastrangelo1

On the stand now is Shaun Caudell of the Virginia State Police. He's testifying on how he searched Eisenhauer's dorm room at Virginia Tech. Recovered laptops, cell phone etc.

10:14 AM - 7 Feb 2018

https://twitter.com/DomMastrangelo1/status/961302116160737283

 

[epiphany]

Annie Andersen
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37s38 seconds ago

Defense attorney Tony Anderson is asking the judge to not allow a condom wrapper found in a gym bag to not be allowed into evidence. It is pictured with a paper that had Nicole Lovell's address on it. @ABC13News


Dominick Mastrangelo
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@DomMastrangelo1
5m5 minutes ago

Defense now arguing whether or not items found in a gym bag in the dorm room should be viewed by the jury as "together." Court has instructed the jury to leave the room so lawyers can discuss. That's the fourth time today they've been asked to leave.

 

[BUF]

Condom wrapper?...


Annie Andersen
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Defense attorney Tony Anderson is asking the judge to not allow a condom wrapper found in a gym bag to not be allowed into evidence. It is pictured with a paper that had Nicole Lovell's address on it. @ABC13News

 

[epiphany]

Annie Andersen
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2m2 minutes ago

The picture I just tweeted was shown to the jury, but the condom wrapper Tony Anderson had a problem with was not itself introduced as evidence. The paper with Nicole's address was though. @ABC13News

 

[JerseyGirl]

12:55 p.m.: Shaun Caudell, with the Virginia State Police is now on the stand. He conducted a search of David Eisenhauer’s dorm room at Virginia Tech. He helped collect items from Eisenhauer’s room. All items of evidence were handed over to the Blacksburg Police Department. He collected Eisenhauer’s checkbook, with a Galax address on it. Pictures of the evidence are shown on a large screen in the court room. An envelope was also collected in the room, and a Lexus key fob.

Eisenhauer’s attorneys have objected to nearly every piece of evidence the commonwealth has submitted for evidence.

The next picture shown is a trash can with a Walmart receipt in it. It lists a shovel and aerosol. Three computers were found during his search also. Another item collected was a backpack with a condom wrapper, a runner’s number, and a green piece of paper that says We Are Virginia Tech. That paper also has Nicole Lovell’s address on it. Eisenhauer’s attorneys had earlier objected to the jury seeing that information.

http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/472974783.html

 

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Annie Andersen
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2m2 minutes ago

The picture I just tweeted was shown to the jury, but the condom wrapper Tony Anderson had a problem with was not itself introduced as evidence. The paper with Nicole's address was though. @ABC13News

Here's the photo:

 

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Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
4m4 minutes ago

Grezlak now talking about a knife that was found near the pond at Virginia Tech

Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
9m9 minutes ago

Trooper Grzelak was one of the people who searched the pond at Virginia Tech looking for Nicole's cell phone.

Annie Andersen
@Annie_Andersen
10m10 minutes ago

Prosecution now calling VSP Trooper Grzelak as a witness. @ABC13News

https://twitter.com/Annie_Andersen

 

[JerseyGirl]

1:26 p.m.: Trooper Christopher Grzelak with the Virginia State Police is the next on the stand. He was called to search a pond at Virginia Tech for a cell phone. He dove into the pond and searched the bottom of that pond. He found an iPhone, it was placed into a paint can evidence container. It was given to the lead investigator.

Eisenhauer’s attorneys asked if Trooper Grzelak helped find a knife in the pond. Other VSP recovered a knife also in the pond. It was found near where the phone was discovered. Other troopers thought Grzelak and his dive team had dropped the knife in their search, they had not. It was kept and collected as evidence.

http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/472974783.html

 

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1:26 p.m.: Trooper Christopher Grzelak with the Virginia State Police is the next on the stand. He was called to search a pond at Virginia Tech for a cell phone. He dove into the pond and searched the bottom of that pond. He found an iPhone, it was placed into a paint can evidence container. It was given to the lead investigator.

Eisenhauer’s attorneys asked if Trooper Grzelak helped find a knife in the pond. Other VSP recovered a knife also in the pond. It was found near where the phone was discovered. Other troopers thought Grzelak and his dive team had dropped the knife in their search, they had not. It was kept and collected as evidence.

http://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/472974783.html

So that's where the paint can fits in -- LE put the phone in the paint can evidence container. That makes sense.

 

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Dominick Mastrangelo
‏@DomMastrangelo1
20s20 seconds ago

Detective M.P. Czernicki of Blacksburg PD just walked in with a large bag of forensic evidence, among it, a cell phone belonging to Lovell. "I was told (VSP dive team) had located an item in the water and responded to the scene."

https://twitter.com/DomMastrangelo1

 

[JerseyGirl]

So that's where the paint can fits in -- LE put the phone in the paint can evidence container. That makes sense.

I know, when it was first reported I thought DE/NK put it in there.

 

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Annie Andersen
@Annie_Andersen

Detective Czernicki now talking about when he went to Craig Creek Road on Saturday afternoon, which is where Nicole Lovell is believed to have been killed. @ABC13News

https://twitter.com/Annie_Andersen

 

[Betty P]

So that's where the paint can fits in -- LE put the phone in the paint can evidence container. That makes sense.

Yes, it's amazing how these details can get a little distorted when info is first revealed.

 

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Link to video of Tony Anderson's objection about the condom wrapper:

https://www.facebook.com/TheAnnieAndersen/videos/1660276587362372/

 

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Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
1m1 minute ago

Czernicki says the first thing after getting a search warrant for David Eisenhauer's car was to look it over. Says he say an area that was clean and didn't have any brine or road salt, which would have been weird considering it had just snowed here. @ABC13News

Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
3m3 minutes ago

Czernicki now talking about why they moved David Eisenhauer's vehicle to Radford. He says they have a temperature controlled place to search it; Blacksburg & Montgomery Co don't have that. They got a second search warrant since they didn't search it the night they seized the car

https://twitter.com/Annie_Andersen

 

[Betty P]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DomMastrangelo1/status/961315133837512704

Czernicki said Eisenhauer's car was located on campus at VT and received a "full and proper" search on Jan. 30. Said it was "very" obvious someone had attempted to wipe or clean the outside doors of the car.

 

[Betty P]

Cops are already being a little slippery with their words. They made it seem that Keepers dumped the knife into a paint can, then they admitted the paint can was theirs. Then they said one of their detectives planted, i mean, may have dropped a knife into the waters of the VT Cross Country pond. (remember, Keepers said it was thrown off the steep I-77 exit ramp in Princeton and into Brush Creek)

Ouch

As for a knife in the pond, they would have to explain that because it was found and collected. At the time they searched the pond, they probably didn't know if Keeper's claims about tossing the knife were accurate. Better they collect it and log it in than leave it there.

ETA: And it was Nicole's phone that was found and placed in the paint can.

 

[BUF]

Yes, it's amazing how these details can get a little distorted when info is first revealed.

And also when you are following a trial by tweets and updates!

 

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Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
3m3 minutes ago

Detective Czernicki walking in carrying quite a bit of evidence. A deputy had to help him carry it all in. @ABC13News

(Link to video)
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/961317211808960512

Annie Andersen
‏@Annie_Andersen
7m7 minutes ago

Czernicki saying that the trunk was full.- But then the judge called a recess, so we'll have to wait to hear what was in the trunk. @ABC13News

(I have this same look on my face when I read some of what's happening. Lol)

 

[Inthedetails]

no, it specifically states that the cops later said one of their own detectives and divers may have had it fall out of his pocket. Let me go find that script.

It seems to me that they were "on the fence" about wanting to plant that baby in the pond, until Keepes later revealed where the knife really was abandoned

I'm lost again. What's with the "planting evidence" info?

Did I miss something about that?

jmo